links for 2009-09-28

"Job seekers now outnumber openings six to one, the worst ratio since the government began tracking open positions in 2000. According to the Labor Department’s latest numbers, from July, only 2.4 million full-time permanent jobs were open, with 14.5 million people officially unemployed." Wow.

"In short words jCryption is a javascript HTML-Form encryption plugin, which encrypts the POST/GET-Data that will be sent when you submit a form."

Yeah right.

"Microsoft's Internet Explorer zips through JavaScript nearly 10 times faster than usual when Google's new Chrome Frame plug-in is partnered with the browser, benchmark tests show."

"US Defence Secretary Robert Gates says meeting President Barack Obama's 22 January deadline for closing the Guantanamo Bay camp will be "tough". In interviews with US TV networks, Mr Gates said that closing the camp was proving more complicated than expected. Mr Gates played down the importance of possibly pushing the date back."

On hover show a greyscale copy of the image.

"For one of the projects I’m currently working on with Rareview, we wanted to add a rising hover effect to a set of icon links. Using jQuery’s animate effect, I experimented with icons that have reflections and others with shadows."

"SlickMap CSS is a simple stylesheet for displaying finished sitemaps directly from HTML unordered list navigation. It’s suitable for most web sites – accommodating up to three levels of page navigation and additional utility links – and can easily be customized to meet your own individual needs, branding, or style preferences."

A PSA to protect you from Cthulhu.

"A few days ago I was implementing breadcrumbs in a website I’m working on. breadcrumbs are not using often but most of the corporate websites are using breadcrumbs. In this tutorial i will learn you how to create nice scalable CSS Based Breadcrumbs. I am using only one simple graphic. The rest is basic CSS styling with an unordered list as HTML code."

No more being a jackass in public.

No public option no lifeguard for you.

"In addition to the aforementioned video, the IIHS has also just released a gallery of images, before and after if you will, of the two cars involved in the celebratory crash. Note the passenger compartment of the '09 Malibu, which stays completely intact, versus the Bel Air that crumbles like a cereal box." 1959 Bell Air vs. 2009 Malibu.

Dilbert made sense.